Frances Bean Cobain Acts, Dresses Nicely
Last week we reported on France Bean Cobain's Harper's Bazaar interview and her dream of one day interning at Rolling Stone. Once we got past that shock, we realized there were some other intriguing moments in the piece -- which is called "High School Musical Starring Frances Bean Cobain" -- including the fact that she owns a pair of Prada heels, has Kurt's eyes, just got her nose pierced, loves Sex & The City, feels bad for Jamie Lynn Spears ("Do you know how many 16-year-old girls get pregnant? Fourteen- and 13-year-olds get pregnant! Unlike them, she's getting so much controversy over it because she's Britney Spears's little sister."), and that the rabbit Billy Corgan gave her as a pet died way too soon: "[Billy]'s like, 'Promise it won't die,' and it did. And I was like, 'Oh, Billy, my bad.'" Also, Michael Stipe's her godfather.
On top of that, there's a focus on her love of Broadway musicals, accompanied by a lovely quote from her mom: "Frances grew up on musicals ... I think musicals comfort her; it's a stability thing. And she's a gay man trapped in a woman's body, like me." And me. Seems the love was solidified when she saw Beauty And The Beast at eight and a half: "My nanny Linda took me. I got to go backstage and hang with the cast and Belle," she recalls. "Belle was really pretty, but she was kind of old, actually. She looked like she was 30. But she did let me try on her eight-pound wig." Poor, Belle. More than a fan, Frances has been in 20+ productions, and accompanying the piece are photos of young Cobain dressed like some of her favorite roles, including Rizzo from Grease. "Oh, I hate those people who are consistently the Sandys ... I'm always kind of a badass. I'm an attention whore. I'm not gonna lie ... I'm sort of hard. I'm not mean; I'm just sort of cocky. But you know when Rizzo sings that song, 'There Are Worse Things I Could Do'? She's like, I can feel and I can cry. I'm really outgoing, but there's times I want to be by myself." Glammy photos after the jump.
Photos via Harper's, natch. She looks nice. What range. Good going, kid. In the midst of this Frances media blitz, a New York Post article touches on she and Madonna's kid Lourdes during fashion week, including this sorta back-handed compliment to Courtney via Us Weekly's Sasha Charnin Morrison:
They come from two of the most diverse yet fashion-crazy people that have ever been spawned ... Madonna with her unbelievable transformation and the iconic star that she is, and Courtney with her separate look - it's pretty amazing. If you're around that constantly, it's in your blood to become a best-dressed kid.Oh, Courtney, you and your separate look. Speaking of Madonna: Wonder if she's pissed about Frances getting the Evita turn over Lourdes. Can't wait until Apple grows up.
Posted at 12:08 PM
Tags: Frances Bean Cobain | Hole | Madonna | Nirvana
She is gorgeous [in these images].
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She's (apparently) already more talented than both of her parents.
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good going kid
you've already come this far and you seem pretty far from screwed up.
thats commendable
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Reading this article and seeing these photographs make me happy that Frances is growing up to be an interesting person! Let's hope that she has the scruples to stay away from the life her mother leads...
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That bitch has got a Jay Leno chin. Oh man, that thing looks swollen.
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Put some pants on, surfer.
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You stay classy, Larry Dickman
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I'm glad shes not a mess either =) good for her
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And the fact that Jamie Lynn Spears is only 16 makes it that much better.
On a side note, Frances looks hot in these pictures.
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hell yeah. its not really a big surprise that she wants to write for rolling stone, since it is an excellent magazine and historical as well as many of the best writers of the 20th century wrote for it.
its odd how bitter some of you people come off, whether its because of your "can't like anything that other people like" bent, or if its a large mass of pent up anger thru the years that leads you to this site where you sarcastically degrade everything with the rest of the disgruntled no-taste-in-music whiners that comment here.
there is absolutely no method to your criticisms except for this one: a contrarian world view emboldened by the self-righteousness you guys feel when you band together like maggots
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"[Billy]'s like, 'Promise it won't die,' and it did."
Everything around her just seems to DIE.
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that was a mean thing to say billy corgan
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So long as she doesn't end up a mess, like her mother.
Actually, she probably shouldn't end up like her father, either.
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"Promise it won't die."
So that's where Smashing Pumpkins get their song lyrics from: conversations with little girls.
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Good to see she's primed to be rammed down everybody's throat. Maybe she and Madonna's kids can start a band, like Dino, Desi and Billy. She's 'a gay man trapped in a girl's body, just like mommy' because she likes musicals? Jesus Christ. So the 20 million young girls who love High School Musical, drama clubs and the like are also at heart 'gay men'? Can't any kid just be allowed to be a kid? Is there any question the wrong parent killed himself? Well, somebody's got to bring home the bacon, I suppose, so we can fully expect to see young Frances Bean in a coming episode of Hannah Montana ( who, I suppose, is also a gay man.)
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blah. whatEVVVV. i must say it'd be SUPER INDEFINITELY more interesting if she were more like her mummy. poor (rich) boring miss bean.
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All teenagers are like this, I would know since I'm still in high school. But I have to say that I don't think 30 is old.
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I don't see how you can make the distinction that she is more talented than her parents. She hasn't really done anything yet. And she's not that interesting, all teenagers are like this. I would know since I'm still in high school. She's cute, but that's about it. Anyone looks good in a photo shoot, it's not really an accomplishment. She wouldn't even be talked about if she weren't a Cobain. Oh, and 30 isn't old. That was a really dumb thing to say, she'll be 30 soon enough.
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the world is her oyster. let's see what she does with it.
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"Posted by: keaton at February 11, 2008 12:47 PM Reading this article and seeing these photographs make me happy that Frances is growing up to be an interesting person! Let's hope that she has the scruples to stay away from the life her mother leads..."
Her mother was the one who raised her. Obviously she has done something right. Especially considering that her father blew his brains out. Which, I think is a bit worse than dabbling in boob jobs and drinking 1 too many tequilas.
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HER MOTHER RAISED HER? What a joke. Her mother hired nannies which were paid for by her dead father. Prolly the best thign that could have happened to lil frances. Gotta be hard to have the whole world watching to see how you measure up to your famous parents tho...I wish her luck.
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As a child of the Nirvana era, I have to say very few people are more talented then Kurt Cobain, though I realize many people just didn't and don't get it. That's fine, it wasn't meant for everyone. It's great to see that his daughter has his humility, though her love of Prada is clearly all Courtney. Every time I see Frances I am struck by how much she looks like her father... before the dark hair color, she was the absolute image of him, and she definitely does have his eyes. I wonder how Kurt would feel, he of the ironic "corporate magazines suck" Rolling Stone cover, that his little girl wants to write for RS? I hope she has the happy life she wishes for.
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Jenn, that was a very nice comment, well said. I wish more commenters had the ability to be coherent.
I've never seen high school musicial, but I am glad to see that Frances Bean isn't a frightened little celebrity kid. At least she isn't hiding in a closet with Tom Cruise. :)
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frances u rock and u look so pretty i hope u have fun xoxo
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Kurt's mother raised her, not that Courtney was happy about that arrangement. Check the quote about moving so many times.
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I think FB is but a mere prop for her mother. Notice how Frances has said her paternal grandmother is the person she most respects. I think the interest in FB now that's she's older can be used to Cuntney's advantage-- as in, 'wow, just cart this little chick I barely know around with me, and voila! instant press!'
Come on, her mother definitely didn't raise her! Courtney Love is a total narcissist. You can see it in every pic they take together, Frances looks like a normal kid, but CL seems to be into posing and photogenics; self-obsessed media whore per usual. Even the quote about her daughter being 'a gay man trapped in a girl's body' is kind of shitty and shows lack of concern- what 15 year old would want their mother running around saying stupid shit like that? It's like she barely knows her own daughter, or knows how to, or even wants to. She had to get pregnant though, to trap Kurt (she went above and beyond, as she trapped him and ultimately killed him).
All CL cares about in the end is if she's a household name and has an endless supply of whatever designer drug is popular at the moment. That way she will have succeeded. As of this moment, however, it's Frances Bean, photo opportunity. Let's hope she gets older, finds out the truth, and tells her cunt of a mother to shove it up her $50,000 plastic designer asshole.
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Right on!
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Courtney said that about herself, not Frances: 'a gay man trapped in a girl's body"
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hey frances im the bigest fans of ur father the king of grunge Kurt cobain, so i hope u can read my comment, and i want u be my girl ........ cuz u so beautiful and u has charm my heart and make me want u to be my girl .....
from ur biggest father fans Teguh....... ( indonesia )
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I believe Frances will enhance her famliy name in a positive manner.
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It's a shame how many people think Kurt killed himself. He wanted out of the business and away from Courtney and her need for money and glamour. She killed him and inherited 98% of Nirvana's music catalog. If he leaves her, she gets only half.
A man who Courtney tried to hire to kill Kurt (El Duce) told his story and was given a polygraph by the same expert who gave O.J. the polygraph that O.J. failed miserably - well El Duce passed with a .01% chance of error. Then a week later he was mysteriously killed.
This is one of many facts that have been continually overlooked by the authorities and the mainstream media. Hopefully someday we get justice, Courtney is responsible for Kurt's death.
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Although she obviously got her looks from her father, Frances is absolutely beautiful. Yes, photo shoots can make anyone look gorgeous (Have you seen some of Courtney?!), but this young lady bears the weight of the onlookers quite well. As a Kurt/NIRVANA fan, I admit that I'm fascinated to see how she's turning out, but I'm quite okay with her still taking the time to be a kid and figure out who she is because of and in spite of who her parents are.
GFW
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kurt cobain changed music as we know it!! a true talent! i do not believe that he killed himself!
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kurt cobain changed music as we know it!! a true talent! i do not believe that he killed himself!
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I agree. That's nice
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i caint believe kurt killed himself! he was a good singer so and he had a daughter so why did he do it?
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kurt cobain was a talented artist that climaxed with his creativity in a perfect timing, but he was also a junkie and a 'social fuck up' so to speak. i still don't know what to think of these murder rumors. i can imagine pretty well that 'wanting out of this life' was always close in the life of kurt cobain. i've noticed before how people hold on to the importance of the confession of el duce in this 'murder case', but f***in' hell do some research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Duce ! El duce, singer and drummer for The Mentors is an old sick and drunk man that lives in a shack and sings songs about raping girls. give him a dollar and he'll say anything you want, give him two and he'll whisper it in your ear like he really means it.. El Duce was by the way, mysteriously killed by a train... probably drunk and stoned out of his mind.
if your ears are however sensitive to the intensity of kurt cobain's vocals and associative songwriting you might agree that this person peaked and freaked and had no idea how to deal with the 'corporate reality' he hated so much closing in on him
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most everyone's probably gonna get all pissed at me for thinking this, but i really dont think that frances is kurts daughter.
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Well she has turned into a lovely young woman. I do pray she is more stable than either of her parents. Whether her Dad really committed suicide or he was murdered and her Mom had a part in it, they were never good role models for a child considering their much publicized drug addictions. I just hope she only inherited his good looks and talent but not his demons and weaknesses.
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Yeah if she was my daughter I would be the prodest DAD in the world!... It cant be easy for her or her mother in the lime light and if I had the chance I would talk about killing the dead grunge seen off as if I could but not every one can afford deacent guitars and equipment but at least I have tought my self to play as good as her parents but cant read tab and music is like eygiption rubbish to me...if I was her I would say f**k the world because the world f**ks me....and I know what it is like as my DAD died vilently when I was 2 and it still kills me today now 33 and aint a day has gone by that I cant remove the twisted knife in my soul...so anyone who thinks it must be easy for her needs flushed!... all the best of to her with love Malo...PS F**K YOU! FOR READING THIS!!!....
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Kurt didn't kill himself... as a matter of fact he's not dead he's working in Walmart in Arizona with Tupac, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and Biggie, James Dean... give me a break... he's dead get over it... and whether his wife killed him or not he's dead get over it...
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